Subprefecture of Santo Amaro
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Subprefecture of Santo Amaro | |
|---|---|
 Location of Santo Amaro within the municipality of São Paulo | |
 Location of the municipality of São Paulo within the State of São Paulo | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  São Paulo |
| Municipality |  São Paulo |
| Administrative Zone | South-Central |
| Districts | Santo Amaro, Campo Belo, Campo Grande |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| • Subprefect | Silvio Rocha de Oliveira Junior[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.75 km2 (14.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 272.332 |
| • Density | 7,214.1/km2 (18,678.5/sq mi) |
| Website | prefeitura |
The Subprefecture of Santo Amaro is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, comprising three districts: Santo Amaro, Campo Belo, and Campo Grande.[2] It was formerly a separate municipality from 1832 until 1935, when it was incorporated into the city of São Paulo.[3]
The subprefecture covers an area of 37.75 km² (14.58 sq mi),[4] with a population of 272.332 recorded by the 2022 Brazilian census.[5]
Santo Amaro hosts São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, the city's second busiest airport, and the Brazilian headquarters of many international corporations such as Deloitte, SAP, Oracle, KPMG, Cargill, Electrolux and PepsiCo, as well as those of Brazilian companies Banco Votorantim, Claro and Vivo. This subprefecture also features many theatres and concert halls and is the site of the famous cable-stayed Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, one of the engineering landmarks of São Paulo, connecting it to the Subprefecture of Butantã, on the other side of Pinheiros River.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lista de Servidores e Contatos" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "Sítio oficial da Subprefeitura de Santo Amaro" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ Magalhães, Gladys (2 June 2022). "Memória: Santo Amaro já foi município e lutou por emancipação" [Memory: Santo Amaro was once a municipality and fought for secession]. Gazeta de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "Área - Município de São Paulo, subprefeituras e distritos municipais" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "População - Município de São Paulo, subprefeituras e distritos municipais" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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